The Players of Gilean (Dragonlance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Margaret Weis (Editor), Tracy Hickman (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The War of Souls | Publication Date: February 1, 2003

Across the ages roams an immortal troupe of actors, gifted with fantastical powers and led by a mysterious artiste with a penchant for meddling. Wherever they roam, they encounter magic and monsters and evil that requires taming.

This is the first anthology based on characters from the extraordinary novella “The Travelling Players of Gilean”, by Margaret Weis and Aron Eisenberg, which was featured in The Best of Tales, Volume One. This new anthology also features novellas by best-selling Dragonlance authors Douglas Niles, Richard A. Knaak, Paul B. Thompson, and a new collaboration by Jean Rabe and Aron Eisenberg.

Contents
"Command Performance" by Douglas Niles
"Papilla" by Fergus Ryan
"Enter, a Ghost" by Paul B. Thompson
"Perfect" by Donald J. Bingle
"A Matter of Honor" by Richard A. Knaak
"Rewrites" by Aron Eisenberg and Jean Rabe

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786929200
• ISBN-13: 978-0786929207
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > ( W ) > Weis, Margaret

Customer Reviews

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but several discrepancies, December 21, 2003

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This review is from: The Players of Gilean (Dragonlance) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book, as all the stories in it were very good, but I did have some minor complaints:
1. all of the stories are novellas (ie they're too damn long for my relatively short attention span)
2. There are several blatant discrepancies between the stories (the one that I can remember being that in one story it is rather explicitly stated that the company wouldn't be stupid enough to recruit a gully dwarf and in the very next story a gully dwarf soundman plays a large part)
3. Apparantly the company has a huge turnover, as only one character except Sebastius (the theatermaster) makes a second apperance in any of the stories (Now, This is a little harsh, but the idea of the entire troupe changing every few years or so just seems rather ridiculous to me). I feel that this book would have been much better had all the authors sat down and talked about their stories with each other, so there won't be things like illusionists providing the scenery in one story and nothing even similar in the next.

0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by a great author, September 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Players of Gilean (Dragonlance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is defienetly cheese. Cheese is the only word that I can use to describe it. READ IT Cheese.

0 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by a great author, September 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Players of Gilean (Dragonlance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is defienetly cheese. Cheese is the only word that I can use to describe it. READ IT Cheese.